Jaipur Pink Panthers received over defending champions Haryana Steelers in Play-in 1 of the Professional Kabaddi 2025. They beat them 30-27 on Saturday, October 25. The Panthers progressed to the Eliminator.
Jaipur Pink Panthers’ head coach Narender Redhu mirrored on the sport. He expressed that the group ready for Jaideep Dahiya and Rahul Sethpal, Haryana’s most important defenders.
“Our plan was to keep away from Jaideep and Rahul who’re their most important defenders. And we did that. It positively lifts the boldness when younger gamers carry out so properly. We’ll profit from this recreation. It was clear that they’ve an excellent protection and in the event that they took the lead our raiders must attempt extra. So we had deliberate to maintain our protection tight. Our protection did properly and we obtained a lead and we didn’t let it go,” he mentioned in the course of the post-match press convention.
The Jaipur Pink Panthers have a brand new group with a number of kids this season. Nonetheless, they not solely made it to the playoffs. Narender Redhu acknowledged that he was proud of the best way the group has performed.
“We’ll have fun this win. These are all new guys and enjoying for the primary time however have achieved so properly. We’ll plan for the following recreation tomorrow.”
The Panthers will tackle Patna Pirates in Eliminator 1 on Sunday, October 26.
Manpreet Singh displays on defeat over Jaipur Pink Panthers
The loss towards Jaipur Pink Panthers meant that the season got here to an finish for defending champions Haryana Steelers. Reflecting on their defeat, head coach Manpreet Singh mentioned:
“We can not get away by saying we made errors. They performed very well. They performed higher. We couldn’t play properly. After half-time we needed to take extra danger. We should work on our errors for the following season.”
Haryana Steelers additionally missed raider Naveen Kumar. He performed simply 4 video games this season earlier than being dominated out on account of damage. Manpreet Singh acknowledged that Naveen was present process rehab. Nonetheless, whether or not he continues with the group subsequent season or not would rely upon the raider himself, he added.
“Naveen is making ready and getting match. We should see how he performs within the nationals. However whether or not he needs to enter the public sale or stick with us relies on him. If he’s match we’d need to hold him. However proper now he’s beneath rehab.”
The Steelers will purpose for a greater and stronger comeback subsequent season.
Edited by Rishab Vm

